vante
Danish
Noun
vante c (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vanterne)
- a mitten (type of glove)
Related terms
Descendants
Adjective
vante
- definite singular/plural of vant
References
- “vante” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Verb
vante
- inflection of vanter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr.
Noun
vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vanter, definite plural vantene)
- a glove (item of clothing)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante
Etymology 2
Adjective
vante
- definite singular/plural of vant
References
- “vante” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål vante, from Danish vante, from Old Norse vantr. Doublet of vott.
Noun
vante m (definite singular vanten, indefinite plural vantar, definite plural vantane)
Verb
vante (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vante/vant)
- alternative form of vanta
References
- “vante” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish wante, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²van.tɛ/
Noun
vante c
- a (usually knitted or made of cloth) garment worn on the hands for warmth (or to protect against heat, in the case of an oven mitt)
- a mitten (tumvante)
- a glove (fingervante)
- an oven mitt, an oven glove (grillvante (for grilling) or grytvante (generally))
Usage notes
A glove made from sturdier material like leather (or rubber or the like) is a handske.
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | vante | vantes |
definite | vanten | vantens | |
plural | indefinite | vantar | vantars |
definite | vantarna | vantarnas |
Derived terms
- fingervante
- flyga som en vante (“be thrown around like a rag doll”)
- grillvante
- grytvante
- lovikkavante
- lägga vantarna på något (“get one's hands on something”)
- slå vantarna i bordet (“go bankrupt”)
- tumvante
See also
References
- vante in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vante in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vante in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)